Burke Bryant has run toward disaster in dozens of countries, helping save thousands of lives and earning two Presidential Lifetime Achievement Awards along the way. But he couldn’t attend his own mother’s funeral. Still Alive is the memoir he avoided for years—because writing it meant facing what the work had truly been. Not just service, but escape. A life kept in motion fast enough to outrun feeling, grief, and consequence. The people he couldn’t stay for. The cost he never paused long enough to count. A man skilled at saving strangers, and unprepared for anything that required saving himself. This is not a hero’s story. It’s what lies underneath one—what heroism hides, what it takes, and what remains when the rescues stop and the silence finally sets in. Brutal, unvarnished, and impossible to forget. "Impossible to look away from - wildly suspenseful and unflinchingly human." - Brett Velicovich , Author of Drone Warrior "Burke Bryant is a brilliant storyteller. His ability to thrill, captivate, and eviscerate with his storytelling are the hallmarks of a great writer." - Lindy Ryan , Multi Award-Winning and Bestselling Author "Intimate and uncompromising truth. Bryant dismantles the myth of endless endurance and replaces it with something rarer -honesty. His thoughtfulness and courage are evident throughout these pages, just as they have been in his life as both a friend and a colleague." - Hels Goethe , Investigative Journalist In "Still Alive: But at What Cost", Burke Bryant masterfully intertwines personal narrative with broader societal commentary, making it a thought-provoking read for anyone grappling with the complexities of modern existence. The book encourages readers to seek not just survival but a richer, more meaningful life despite the challenges they face. I really enjoyed it! - Tiffany M.   I didn't write this book to tell a story—I wrote it because I couldn't carry it the same way anymore.    This was one of the hardest things I've ever written. Not because of the events themselves, but because of what it required me to confront—what I chose to expose about my thoughts, my actions, and the person I was in those moments.    For over a decade, I worked in plI didn't write this book to tell a story—I wrote it because I couldn't carry it the same way anymore.    This was one of the hardest things I've ever written. Not because of the events themselves, but because of what it required me to confront—what I chose to expose about my thoughts, my actions, and the person I was in those moments.    For over a decade, I worked in places most people will never see, doing things that don't leave you unchanged. The missions end, but what they leave behind doesn't. This book is about that part—the part that doesn't get talked about.    Still Alive: But At What Cost is an honest account of what it means to live a life built around urgency, purpose, and survival—and what happens when everything else starts to fall away. If you've ever given everything to something, only to realize it took more than you expected, you'll understand this. -Burke Bryant Burke Bryant is a writer of psychological thrillers, domestic suspense, science fiction, adaptations of real events, and nonfiction drawn from more than a decade of high-risk humanitarian rescue and disaster response. His work blends tension, emotional precision, and lived experience, earning recognition for its clarity, intensity, and emotional force across genres. "Burke Bryant is a brilliant storyteller. His ability to thrill, captivate, and eviscerate with his storytelling are the hallmarks of a great writer," says multi-award-winning and bestselling author Lindy Ryan. "Impossible to put down—wildly suspenseful and unflinchingly human," adds Brett Velicovich, author of Drone Warrior . "Intimate and uncompromising truth. Burke dismantles the myth of endless endurance and replaces it with something rarer: honesty. His thoughtfulness and courage are evident throughout these pages just as they have been in his life as both a friend and a colleague," says investigative journalist Hels Goethe. Bryant's literary path was shaped by personal loss. After the death of his late partner, bestselling author Jennifer Jaynes, he wrote The Killing Kind , a prequel to Jaynes's award-winning Strangers series, as both tribute and reckoning. He has also completed the memoir Still Alive But At What Cost , which chronicles more than a decade spent in some of the world's most dangerous rescue and disaster operations. The book explores ethical complexity, split-second decision-making, and the psychological toll of life-and-death work. Writing from inside the field, Bryant delivers unsentimental, precise, and unflinching narratives that offer readers access to a world few will ever see firsthand. Across both fiction and nonfiction, Bryant's stories focus on people operating at the margins—where skill, trust, and clarity determine survival, and where human co